What the War Meant (2008)

The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period between the Imperial Conference (Gozen Kaigi) on September 6, 1941, and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Released

2008-12-24

Genres

Drama, War, History, TV Movie

Runtime

277 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Shin'ichi Kamoshita, Shunsaku Ikehata